Shortly after seven was disguised as a dance floor playing field finally opened. There were German national handball player already jumped around like rubber balls minutes before the bench, at least those who were not on the board until the final siren. The result of the evening, it was at this time already foreseen and solved not only in the sold out with 16,000 spectators Arena Krakow unimagined cheering from. For the first time since 2004 and for the second time in history, the selection of the German Handball Federation (DHB) has won the European Championship on Sunday night. In a highly one-sided final, the team of national coach Dagur Sigurðsson sat with 24:17 (10: 6) against Spain. For the first time since 2006, the European champion is thus not from France or Denmark, who had recently alternated in regularity with the victories at the continental tournament.
“Behind us there are four exhausting but incredibly beautiful weeks,” summed Sigurðsson, before he went to the tactical analysis and a set of said could be heard again and again at this Evening: “We played an incredible defense, which was the key to success.” 17 goals conceded meant very few in the history of European Championship finals, the old best value dated so far in 2008 (20). “The Germans have played so well, for us it was impossible to win today,” said Spain coach Manolo Cadenas appreciatively. Best Bowler of the game was back player Kai Häfner with seven goals, but even more impression was made by the performance of goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, who saved 50 percent of all fired at his goal throws. “A hell of quota”, right winger Tobias Reichmann said due to this evening of superlatives.
Both teams had known in already in her first-round match EM Wroclaw faced, at that time still with the better end for Spain (32:29) – because the German team had allowed in the first half, an inexplicable weakness ten minutes, it was basically the only one in the last two and a half weeks. “Today we dominated the game from the outset, against such a top team – I can not really take themselves,” said defender Hendrik Pekeler, the large proportion of this fact had.
Forcing the tactics of the Germans to be more defensive in the basic orientation and their opponents to litters from the backcourt instead – as in the preliminary round – increases the strong county and outside players into to be integrated game proved to be a very wise measure. The German team was cheered on by a surprising number of followers in black, red and gold, who had competed mostly spontaneous way in the south-eastern Poland and benefited from the early retirement of the host in the main round when purchasing tickets before the porch. The DHB-selection began with the self-confidence that she had previously worked with six victories in series. She quickly led with 2: 0, but also had to quickly cope with a scary moment: backcourt players Fabian re limping after a few minutes from the field and could intervene only after a quarter of an hour. For changed Sigurðsson Kai Häfner one, who had only thrown the Germans with his goal for 34:33 against Norway to the final – directly and Haefner took up where he had left off. After his third goal for intermediate 5: 1 (10) Spain coach Cadenas was forced to break.
The intervention showed only limited effect. Also in the episode was the Spaniards themselves outnumbered situations not much against the equally massive as mobile defensive unit of the enemy. Then, when actually even a throw found its way through the central block, stood behind still the again outstanding Andreas Wolff goal, the total apparent to chose the duel of the best keeper of the tournament against Arpad Sterbik on the opposite side, although Sterbik no bad had day. With the mid-term Irene Julius Kühn met for 10. 6 If there ever was a criticism of the first round, it was that the Germans had some clear chances leave. Tobias Reichmann about rejected a seven-meter at the bar, it was in two and a half weeks until the second failed attempt of the right wing, a third should follow at the beginning of the second half.
But that did not matter, because the defensive by Hendrik Pekeler, Finn Lemke and other specialists continue to barely allowed gaps and the supposedly experienced Spaniard also rapidly foundered on her nerves, as with two awarded seven meters. The projection of the German team melted together at any time to less than five goals, and above all thanks to Wolff. “Our performance today was outstanding, great,” Sigurðsson said, “to see this, one has to be a national coach.” Finally Fabian re still pointed to a beautiful set, like the rest of the evening would be so run for the national team and their staff. “Today we are going really steep,” re told, “and all of them.”
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